AWJ lost his mojo, who's out there for Autumn Internationals?

AWJ has been way off the mark for some time, 'who will replace him '? you all cry, Well we need more muscle and grunt at 4 and 5. Lets start the ball rolling Who's out there?

Alyn is an excellent player. Second row is a tough position with a lot of competition even within the Welsh squad. People are quick to criticise but I've always been impressed by him.

and the competition for 4/5 is..........

All I'll say is we're lucky to have AWJ - and also lucky there are no Autumn Internationals this coming season, the boys would be blydi knackered after the RWC

sorry my mistake about the AI's, but you will see AWJ exposed at the rwc , unfortunately. start looking out there for next year now.

For Argentina i would say AWJ sits this one out with Brad and Charteris playing at 4/5.

Post WC I would like to see Ian Evans at the Ospreys get a decent run together and start pushing for contention again. He's a big awkward lump at 6'8" and he was part of the 2008 GS side but has been blighted by injuries since and needs some consistent game time free of injury.

Other than than I think Lou Reed also need to up his game a bit and push on this year.

I reckon he needs to leave the Ospreys for pastures new, he's gone downhill badly since the new coaching setup there, hope then he'll get back to his best.

I have advocated,

4. L Charteris
5. R Jones

ever since I saw Ryan Jones have outstanding regional and international gametime at 5, IMO that he is a country mile ahead of his Os team mates AWJ or JT, and Bradley Davies it seems also has lost his mojo. Don't know why he (Gatland) doest give Ryan and Luke a start

Ian Evans doesn't seem to have put his hand up since he has come back from injury, or has he folks, haven't heard much of him performance wise?

AWJ was average for about 2 years but has played very well in the past two/three games. We have 3 good second rows (Davies, Charteris, Jones) with probably Ryan as back-up. Does this answer your question?

Trevor Brennan Rugby Tour wrote:Alyn is an excellent player.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I was a prop and am not good enough for Wales. Secondly the topic is about Alun-Wyn

flyhalffactory wrote:Ian Evans doesn't seem to have put his hand up since he has come back from injury, or has he folks, haven't heard much of him performance wise?

Well he played 20 times for the Ospreys last season, 18 starts and 2 sub apprerances, and did quite well.
Sadly he did get yellow carded twice, though that was just him throwing his weight around against the Scarlets and Blues.
Though at 2.05 m (6' 9"), and 116 kg (18 st 3 lb) you would think Wales would be interested, him and Charteris would be a hell of a combo! Though if Ian has the grumps for any reason we may find ourselves down to 14 men

AWJ is our most consistent lock. I am glad that people don't notice him so much - he is maturing and just gets on with his game. He does a lot of the donkey work defending at breakdowns, and his goal - line defending was awesome on Saturday.

Davies & Charteris are fighting for the same shirt.

Ryan Jones and Ian Evans (mark2 after intense coaching ) could be a great combination. someone said why was charteris at the front of the lineout, er....to secure our very shakey ball, and on opposition lineout to make things difficult for the opposition....but our lineout coaching is poor.